Method of making doilies



Oct. 19, 1937. w, MOSTERTZ 2,096,193

METHOD OF MAKING DOILIES Filed March 16, 1936 11 v INVENTOR I'ZRDINAILQWMosTERTZ Patented Oct. 19, 1937 4 I 2,096,193

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,096,193 METHOD OF MAKING DOILIES FerdinandW.;Mstertz, Philadelphia, Pa. Application March 16, 1936, Serial No.69,110

1 Claim. (01. 28-1) This invention relates to a doily or mat cut be ofany configuration desired, are obtained by from woven material and hasspecial reference use of the well known jacquard mechanism operto thecementing of the back thereof to prevent ating in conjunction with theordinary weaving displacement of the threads at the points of sevmechanism used for forming the backing l.

5 erance, and also to act as a non-skidding means When the width ofmaterial 6 with its self- 5 when the doily is used on smooth polishedsurcontained patterns or motifs has been completed, faces. the undersurface thereof is treated with a ce- An object of the invention is toprovide a doily mentitious compound I I. This cementitious comorprotective pad or mat of any configuration cut p und fir ly b s togetherthe threads o t 10 from a width of woven material and in which the wovenand pile fabrics, so that when the indi- 10 severed threads are held toprevent disarrangevidual doilies are cut from the width material, ment.the threads at the cut or serrated edges will be Another object of theinvention is to provide a cemented toge and st diSaI'reIIge-V doily ormat cut from fabric having pile designs ment. 7

and in which the severed ends of the'pile threads The cementitiousbacking, which 'may be of 15 are also held to prevent displacement. anydesired material such, for instance, as a rub- A still further object ofthe invention is to her compound, in addition to forming a bindingprovide a rubber backed doily or protective mat ection be w n t ethreads, p a y at which will be liquid proof and will also prevent thepoints of severance, acts also to prevent slipslippage when used onsmooth polished surfaces. p 0 t e m When u on S h polished According tothe invention, the doily or protecsurfaces, a prevents liq i fr seepingtive mat is cut from a loom width of woven mat u h onto id rf d furtherpr vi terial having thereon a self-contained pile decoe de y W th a fiel b fi hacking Which ration, and a cementitious backing for connectatall times retains its shape without creasing or ing the severed threadsof the woven and pile d s ng Of the d y n a y- 25 fabrics to preventdisarrangement at'points of After the width of material has been treatedV severance. with the cementitious compound, the mats or The drawingillustrates an embodiment of the es each Co ta g a comple motif, designinvention and the views therein are as follows: or decoration, are cutor stamp d from the said Fig. 1 is a plan view of woven pile fabricshowial, thus p o aneat vi y 30 ing the manner in which the doilies withtheir ifed d ily. as s wn in Fi n which the s vself-contained patternsare cut therefrom, ed threads 0f the e es a e firmly held against Fig. 2is a top plan view of a finished doily with disarrangement or fraying bythe cementitious its self-contained design, and p u d- Fig. 3 is afragmentary longitudinal section, While' the doily has been illustratedas circu- 35 taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. lar, it may be of any shapedesired.

In the manufacture of the present invention, a Of cou se t e do yillustrated y be modified width of material 6, as shown fragmentarily inand changed i Various Way without departing Fig. 1, is provided, saidwidth of material comfrom the invention herein set forth and hereafter40 prising a backing 1 formed of ordinary weaving Claimed- 0 andself-contained motifs or patterns 8 formed Th inv n i hereby l imed as fllows: by pile loops 9, either cut or in the form of The method ofproducing unbound doilies'comfrise or frizette to provide a variation inthe surprising e Steps f first Weaving Se fabric in face textures of thedoilies. loom widths withindividual motifs thereon formed 'The pileloops 9 forming the motifs in the transversely of the fabric and mainlybythe pile 45 backing I may be made in accordance with my threads, thencoating the entire back of the piece United States Letters Patent No.1,934,942, dated With a m al which Will bind all threads of the November14, 1933, and No. 1,914,278, dated June fabric, and then cutting theindividual doilies 13, 1933, from the width of fabric, whereby allthreads are The motifs or patterns 8 contained in the 'finheld a a st ay5o ished individual doilies or mats and which may FERDINAND W. MOSTERTZ.

